Is he sleeping?

There he is, in his cradle, kids and commotion all around him, and I think he's still sleeping. Yes, he can sleep through it all. But often we peek inside and there he is, just looking around, content. Of course, he looks so lonely we just have to pick him up...

Creativity

It's a fire truck and a burning building. See the hose in his hand and the flames on the roof?



"Joe ate a grumpy bar today. When you eat a grumpy bar, you look like this."

Pathways

We took a spontaneous walk to day with our friend, Julia and her kids. I took MANY pictures, it was hard to narrow it down. Here's just a few.











What do you do when your baby is eating mud?



You take a picture before you wash him off, of course.





Gracie and Gracie



Joe and Joe


(for those who don't know- Grace can't say Jacob so she calls them both Joe)

Memorial Day Parade

The star of the show



Best part of the parade... running for the candy!

Unimportant Favorite Things

I've been tagged by Julia. I am to make a list of my six most favorite unimportant things to do. This was harder than I thought. As I was trying to make my list, everything I came up with ended up being important in some way. Being a mother, every seemingly unimportant activity has a greater value than you realise. When you begin raising your family, your desires turn from indulging in things that please you to things that benefit your child. Where I once read for pleasure, I now read to educate myself on something that will help me be a better mother...wife...friend...teacher...
But for the sake of the game, I will stop over analyzing and think about my six things that I enjoy. (In no particular order)

1. Swinging



2. Going Bug Hunting



3. Taking a Walk

...down the road to the creek. It's the driveway that leads to the water plant. There are no cars when they're not working so the kids can safely run ahead. And I am often graced with the presence of one winded child that needed to slow it down and walk beside mom. It gives me some one on one time and sometimes leads to great conversations. But most of the time, it is just me, lagging behind, enjoying the scenery, watching the corn grow, or admiring the sun set, and feel the warm wind on my face, and am overcome with "Ahhh!"



4. Horsing Around



5. Gardening

I didn't say I was good at it, I just said I enjoy it.




6.Playing with my Pictures

Before digital, before Photoshop, before scrapbooking (whatever did we do with ourselves?) I picked up my film and flipped through my photos over and over before they went into the magnetic photo album (gasp! the horror!)
Now, the release of the shutter is only the beginning...

Now comes the part where I tag six other people

Michelle and Dawn, I'm tagging you again, because you haven't done it yet ;)
Katie, Kathy, Ann, and Jennie, hop to it.

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